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By Levit, Joe2020., Lerner Publications Call No: 796.082092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Babe Didrikson Zaharias not only broke records: she took athletics by storm, winning two Olympic gold medals for track and field before turning to professional golf. Witness more exciting moments from the life of this multi-talented athlete.
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c1985, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The AchieversSummary Note: A biography of Carl Lewis, the man who broke Jesse Owens's record by winning four gold medals in track and field in the 1984 Olympic games.
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c1985., Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The AchieversSummary Note: A biography of Carl Lewis, the man who broke Jesse Owens's record by winning four gold medals in track and field in the 1984 Olympic games.
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1996., Juvenile, Child's World Call No: 796 RUNNING ROT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An overview of the athletic accomplishments of the track star who has been called the "first lady of the heptathlon.".
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Walker : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: A biography of Jesse Owens, the African American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Sterling Call No: 921 OWENS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sterling biographiesSummary Note: Examines the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, an African-American track and field athlete who broke Olympic records by winning four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Games in a Nazi-controlled Germany.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American biography librarySummary Note: "Explores the life of Jesse Owens, including his childhood and family, his rise to excellence in track and field, his 1936 Olympic triumph, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.
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c2011., Enslow Publishers Call No: B OWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American biography librarySummary Note: "Explores the life of Jesse Owens, including his childhood and family, his rise to excellence in track and field, his 1936 Olympic triumph, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.
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c2001., Enslow Call No: B Owe Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great African Americans seriesSummary Note: Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.
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c2006., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: B OWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sports heroes and legends
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c2006., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Sports heroes and legends
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[2017], Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: B God Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Lucille "Ludy" Godbold grew up skinny, tall, and athletic. When her coach took her to a meet in New York she qualified for the frst Women's Olympic Games in 1922. Except she had no money to go.
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[2017], Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Lucille "Ludy" Godbold grew up skinny, tall, and athletic. When her coach took her to a meet in New York she qualified for the frst Women's Olympic Games in 1922. Except she had no money to go.
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c1992., Holiday House Call No: B OWE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A simple biography of the noted black track star who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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c2012., Thomas Nelson Call No: 796.42 LOMONG Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
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[2016]., Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson Call No: HI-INT B LOM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
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2012., Juvenile, Albert Whitman & Co. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.
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2008, c2007., Houghton Mifflin Call No: 796.42 SCH Edition: 1st Mariner Books e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a comprehensive analysis of the 1936 Olympic games hosted by Germany, America's threat to boycott the games, and the four Olympic gold medals won by African-American athlete Jesse Owens, whose performance crushed Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.
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[2022]., Juvenile, Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company Call No: GN-SPORTS VIC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today"--
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[2022]., Adolescent, Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company Call No: GN B SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports--and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest. Cowritten with Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient Derrick Barnes and illustrated with bold and muscular artwork from Emmy Award-winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile, Victory. Stand! paints a stirring portrait of an iconic moment in Olympic history that still resonates today"--Provided by the publisher.
